Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तथा तप्तोदकस्वामी तस्य नामांतरं प्रिये । अधुना संप्रवक्ष्यामि तलोत्पत्तिं तव प्रिये

Transliteration

tathā taptodakasvāmī tasya nāmāṃtaraṃ priye | adhunā saṃpravakṣyāmi talotpattiṃ tava priye

Translation

اے محبوبہ، اس پروردگار کا ایک اور نام ‘تپتودک سوامی’ بھی ہے۔ اب، اے پیاری، میں تمہیں تالا کی پیدائش کی پوری روداد سناتا ہوں۔

Word by Word

• tathā: thus, also
• tathā: Sambandha (Discourse-link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• tapta-udaka-svāmī: Lord of the hot water (Taptoḍaka-svāmī)
• tapta-udaka-svāmī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी): ‘तप्तोदकस्य स्वामी’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of him/its
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• nāma-antaraṃ: another name
• nāma-antaraṃ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: ‘नाम्नः अन्तरम्’ (another name); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• priye: O dear one
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• adhunā: now
• adhunā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhunā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• saṃpravakṣyāmi: I will explain fully
• saṃpravakṣyāmi: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-√vac (वच्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tala-utpattim: the origin of Tala
• tala-utpattim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tala (प्रातिपदिक) + utpatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘तलस्य उत्पत्तिः’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tava: for you / your
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• priye: O dear one
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Taptodaka (associated with Taptodaka-svāmin)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator, affectionately addressing Devī, points toward a steaming sacred water source near a shrine; pilgrims gather with copper pots as the story of Tala’s origin is about to be told.

Characters & Entities

• Taptodaka-svāmin
• Tala (Tala-svāmin)
• Priyā/Mahādevī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places preserve multiple divine epithets and histories; knowing the origin-story deepens śraddhā and tīrtha reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra shrine/tīrtha associated with Tala-svāmin, also called Taptodaka-svāmin.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly references a sacred water associated with ‘Taptodaka’; explicit prescriptions (snāna, etc.) are not stated in this verse.